Objective: To evaluate referral obstetrical cases at Dr. Pirngadi General Hospital Medan from January 1st to December 31st 2012.
Design: This study was a descriptive analytic with secondary data from medical record of referral obstetrical cases that arrived to the Obstetrics Emergency Room at Dr. Pirngadi General Hospital Medan.
Results: Referral obstetrical cases based on age was 74.7 % at 20-35 years with 62.6 % of antenatal visits ≥ 4 times, majority referred by physicians (51.7 %), source of referral generally from Medan. While the majority of diagnosis of obstetric referral is dystocia (25.3 %). Response time given by medical personnel at the Dr. Pirngadi hospital to obstetric referral generally ≤ 5 minutes (94.5 %). Obstetrical approach mostly done and the group of length of stay of referral obstetrical cases mostly terminated by cesarean section (64.4 %), and group of length of stay ≤ 3 days (58.9 %) was almost entirely (92.5 %) maternal referred with alive outcome.
Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between maternal age and maternal outcomes. There is no significant relationship between maternal antenatal care with outcomes. There is no significant relationship between response times with maternal outcomes.